@coach_mayyys depends what form of weight training. For example, Olympic Lifting doesn't have pattern of injury but baseball Throwing does. If Olympic lifting had pattern of injury I wouldn't encourage athletes to max out in Olympic lifting.

What about the 15 year olds blowing their arms out because they are showcase babies... just looks like someone is trying to throw daggers at something that is up an coming ... what about throwing med balls overhead with intent ... no harm there oh wait it's because you guys are scientist and figured that only your method works right !?! Psshhh

@d_sandello Brent has been doing his med ball throws for over 10'years with thousands of athletes and doesn't have any pattern of injury with it. Weighted balls have been in studies since the 60s, not an up and coming form of training. We are fine with weighted balls as a warm up or arm path tool, but as a velocity enhancement with high intent it is feeding into baseballs arm injury epidemic.

15 throwing high 80s he should have focused on keeping a health strong enduring arm for the long haul instead of velo. I do believe there is a place for weighted balls, I don't think anyone should throw a 11 oz ball for long toss. It's really unfortunate I wish a healthy and speedy recovery for this young man and I hope he keeps his dream alive and chase it with a passion

@topvelocity I do not authorize you using my video for your business. Why are MLB teams starting to buy into programs like driveline and not 3x? Throwing hard is not safe, but people can reduce their risks by developing a clean arm action and weighted balls dramatically shorten the learning curve to develop a safer arm action. Weighted balls can also be used as a tool to develop velocity, but alone they can only account for minimal gains. Weighted balls can also be poorly used by having people throw max intent pulldowns on week 1 if they have serious mobility, stability and mechanical deficits. I have watched many of your clickbait mechanical analysis videos and did not gain the 10-20 mph that they promised.

@kierankc so players aren't apart of the teams? Lol they say hey if you want to do this you can. They let players do what they want. I'm not saying anything about WBs I'm just saying what I've seen and experienced. To each his own on how they train

@mattmarksberry I totally agree with you. I just don't like how some baseball development companies bash others because they do something different when they are all trying to make people better and reduce injuries at the same time. If people have a problem with it then make a better product that is proven by letting the numbers speak for themselves. We are all in it for the love of the game

@kierankc I am only attacking high intent weighted ball training. It isn't hurting or helping my business. I make money because I help people no matter what I promote on social media. Not many people who I work with say I bought your program because you shit on WB. They say I bought your program because I like how you Breakdown pitchers or how you helped a friend of mine. Therefore I take my time and effort to put out real information on high intent WB training because I hear stories like Noah's from the video above almost once a week and I was that kid at 18 ending my career the same way. I hurt for these kids man. You may be high and mighty on your social media horse because you can sound as loud as me but at the end of the day I bleed for these injured kids and I will not stop standing up for their rights to play this game unadulterated. So move on if you disagree because this forum isn't for you.

@topvelocity Ironically, my elbow hurt so much more doing 3x than driveline. I also made much more gains with the driveline throwing program and a pretty standard lifting program with fast twitch exercises mixed in too. It sucks to see people get hurt in baseball, but throwing baseballs alone is dangerous too.

@topvelocity I purchased your program in 2011 or 2012 under my father's name. I also attended your camp in November 2014 with my brother. Ironically, you delete the evaluations with 3x vcamp evals so there is no proof of me attending it on google potentially. A simple search on YouTube just like how you looked me up to put me on this video, "prevent ucl injury 3x" will show my camp video analysis and you can clearly hear us talking in person with each other in the video because I was at your camp. @drivelinebaseball

@topvelocity I had ulnar neuritis, and bad forearm pain. I assumed it's because you had us throw bullpens on the radar gun on 2/3 days of your camp without a good warm up for the arms and post throw recovery plan. I waited to tell you this now because you used me in this video talking about a kid blowing out his elbow throwing weighted balls. Weighted balls and driveline have made my elbow feel great for the last two years.

@kierankc sorry you experienced that in the camp. We only have two days with you guys and want to get your biomechanics recorded on mound and work with you in drills. Hard not to throw you two days in row. I would recommend next time you tell me you have pain and also be ready for two days of throwing. I do make a point to say in camp you are not here to impress me. If you have arm pain pleas stop. The camp is only for instructional purposes. I am not making roster.

welp, thats bound to happen when your 15, lack overall strength/ arm strength, and probably have shitty mechanics. Stupid to demonize WBs when there was probably other factors that contributed to him popping his elbow. Any coach with a brain knows that you cant jump right into pulling down without building a base of strength/ on ramping before. Its his dumbass coaches fault for his injury, not weighted balls.

@stinarbaseball far from the only case. Not demonizing weighted balls just getting the other side out there for players to make a more educated decision on their training approach. More interviews and videos will be coming.

@colter.hinchey checkout our latest interview with a young pitcher who ended his career with high intent weighted baseball training. He had 2 shoulder surgeries before he was 20 years old. https://youtu.be/-uJf51xBm60

I've been using @drivelinebaseball weighted ball program since I started high school, I use their weighted plyocare balls before everytime I throw. I am committed to a D1 school because over this past offseason I was committed to the high intent throwing program more than ever before and along with that I did the proper recovery days. It's not the program that got the kid injured it's the misuse of the program. If you do any strenuous workout with incorrect form you will get injured. And shame on you for bashing the competition by using some story of a kid who didn't take the necessary steps in his problem to promote your program over theirs. Grow up dude.

@charlie.erler I never mentioned Driveline. We are talking about weighted baseball training. We have the studies showing that weighted baseball training is risky. We are doing a service to the young kids who are using this form of training who don't know the risks involved.

@topvelocity I'm sure your system has its risks as well, and there's studies that will prove that weighted balls have less stress on the arm than a 5 oz ball, it's physics. There's is less torque on the elbow due to the difference in acceleration, so saying that they cause elbow pain is ignorant. Every system is risky if you don't follow procedure properly and using kids who failed to follow a system properly as examples of why weighted balls don't work is childish in my eyes